On Wednesday, NASA will announce its first ever mission to fly directly into the sun's atmosphere, the Associated Press reported.

And....people responded pretty much exactly how you'd probably expect.
2017 has been a rough year but this seems excessive https://t.co/BphZJkWOV4
.@NASA do you have open seats https://t.co/ax6oogrrjP
Basically, everyone is hyped to fly the fuck into the sun.
Save me a seat 🙏😩 https://t.co/pMKGee1T1b
finally, my Uber's here https://t.co/VXyikKApzR
TAKE 👏 US 👏 WITH 👏 YOU 👏
I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE https://t.co/2CBpDkjGIg
Can I come? https://t.co/2Hj0118SlR
🎶 Fly me to the sun, let me die among the stars 🎶
how much are tickets https://t.co/EGWfIxwiSI
take me with you https://t.co/kdfIEw798f
And, of course, a lot of people had some ideas for who should steer the ship...
Could we have a popular vote to include one politician onboard? https://t.co/rkRv1L7DEP
Are we allowed to nominate passengers for this https://t.co/YMGu6LSTKA
who's on this ride? Bannon? Kushner? Trump? https://t.co/NF3KsTjJ3Q
This is a historic mission and a symbol of American supremacy in the world, so it only makes sense that we should s… https://t.co/0QEZCAmkjm
Anyway, I call shotgun!
Sounds dangerous. Hope they consider going at night. https://t.co/16dpieVMiT